I am looking at the 12 inch JL W6, if i hooked up a good amp to this sub would it be enought to rattle my car with only one sub? How would it compare to like 2 12 ich JL WO's or W3's?

 

1 should be enough as long as you give it enough power. My 1 10W6 with 300RMS watts shakes things up pretty good.

 

I was running a single 12W6 with 450 watts RMS worth of Phoenix Gold power in a ported box. It was enough to make you not see straight. I don't have any official numbers though.

 

I've hit 133 at the seat with a 10W6 sealed and 500 watts.

BUT, the W3 is a louder sub then the W6. Unless you are talking about the new W6's just released (retail is $450 for a 12 though).

mike

 

The W6 series is mostly for sound quality. The W0's and W3's will boom just as hard as a W6, but the difference will be in how tight and deep the bass is and how good it sounds inside the car. If you just want to rattle your car, I would go with 2 of the W0's or W3's over a single W6. If you value sound quality (like me) I would spend the extra cash for the W6's. I'm going to be running 2 12W6's in the Qforms trunk box in my camaro.

 

What is the difference between the W0, W3, and W1?

 

W1 = discontinued entry level sub
W0 = redesigned entry level sub, with newer technology on how the sub was built
W3 = a cross between the SPL and sound quality of a W6, but with the new tricks used in the W0 to make it handle more power and play louder
W6 = originaly, the flagship sub of JL, now redesigned to be like a baby W7
W7 = current flagship jl sub.

My favorite for SPL / SQ mix is the W3. Actually, I think the W3 sounds just as good as a W6 in SQ as well, and it's definately louder.

mike

 

I've got one JL 12W6 in a small box. It would shake the heck out of the car when I was using my brothers 500a2 Fosgate.
Too much bass for me. I got a lower powered amp since my bro wanted his back and it does really good, it's a 200watt Fosgate, model slips my mind at the moment.

 

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Why is the 10W3 rated at 250 RMS, and the 10W6 rated at 300RMS? Not only that, but the W6 has a larger magnet and a bigger voice coil.

I had the chance to try both the 10W3 and 10W6 in the same box with the same amp last week. I was going to go with (2)W3's because everyone kept telling me how good they were. I installed just one in a temp. box and when I turned it up it made me nervous. It looked like I could see the cone moving side to side at high excursion levels. So I took those back and traded for some 10W6's and hooked up 1 W6 in the same configuration. It seemed to be a lot more controlled and clean. Maybe it's just my bias to W6's that made it sound better. Anywayz, I'm a happier person with the W6's